{"id":11,"date":"2024-10-10T18:30:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:07:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 21-23 &amp; 28-30, 2026 will be the 20th edition of the FCG National Junior Golf Championship!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the 2025 Champions and Top Finishers at the largest FCG National Championship in our history! In all 575 junior golfers competed across 12 different age divisions. We had players come from all over the USA and Internationally!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are excited to host the\u00a0<strong>20th Annual FCG National Championship<\/strong>\u00a0which has become one of the largest and most productive junior golf tournaments worldwide.\u00a0Past Champions are winning on the PGA and LPGA Tours and 100\u2019s of participants are now competing in College Golf. We look forward to enhancing this year\u2019s event and we have some big upgrades including a whole new line up of golf courses all located in North County of San Diego and Temecula, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6160-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"National Championship in San Diego\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6160-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6160-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6160-2000x1331.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The Tournament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#7a7a7a\">Boys and Girls 15-18 Division Winner will earn Exemption into the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swga.net\/\">Southwestern Amateur Championship<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;with the opportunity to play with some of the best amateurs in the World<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juniorworldgolf.com\/\">IMG Junior World Championship<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Exemptions to the Winner of Each Age Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top 3 Finishers to qualify for the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/futurechampionsgolf.com\/tournaments\/tours\/world-series-events\/fcg-world-championship\/\">2027 FCG Callaway World Junior Golf Championship<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exemption to the Winner for the Elite Invitational<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#7a7a7a\">AJGA Stars, NJGS, Golfweek, and WAGR Rankings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6000-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"junior golf tournament\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6000-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6000-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_6000-2000x1331.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The Players<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#7a7a7a\"><strong>Who can play this event?&nbsp;<\/strong>This event is open first come first serve to all competitive junior golfers ages 4-18.&nbsp; When you register you will complete a player resume and include your handicap and you will be paired accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_4132-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"play golf in San Diego\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_4132-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_4132-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MKP_4132-2000x1331.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The Divisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#7a7a7a\"><strong>Divisions for Competition:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Boys 15-18, Girls 15-18, Boys 13-14, Girls 13-14, Boys 11-12, Girls 11-12, Boys 9-10, Girls 9-10, Boys 7-8, Girls 7-8, Boys 6 and Under, Girls 6 and Under<br><br>***This event has the Most Exemption Opportunity for the 2026 FCG Callaway World Championship for the Boys and Girls 15-18 Divisions)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"inspiro-is-a-digital-product-agency-that-focuses-on-strategy-and-desig\" style=\"font-weight:300\">Preview Video <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FCG National Championship Preview Video\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3KtNU07wHUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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In all 575 junior golfers competed across 12 different age divisions. We had players come from all over the USA and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABOUT&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inspiro_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcgnational.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}